Atheta brunswickensis Klimaszewski, 2005

CANADA: NOVA SCOTIA: Guysborough Co.: Seloam Lake, 2-15.VI.1997, D.J. Bishop, red spruce forest, flight intercept trap, (1, NSMC) ; Halifax Co.: Point Pleas-ant Park, 9.IX.2001, C.G. Majka, red spruce forest, on Amanita gemmata (Fr.) Gill., (2, CGMC). ONTARIO: Algoma Co.: Lake Superior Provincial Park, 10.IX.1980, 2.IX.1980, R. Baranowski, (1m, LFC; 1f, MZLU) ; Nippising Co.: Algonquin Provincial Park near Brent, 20.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski, (1f, MZLU; 1m, LFC) ; Sudbury Co.: Mattagami, 24.VIII.1980, R. Baranowski, (1f, MZLU) .

Atheta brunswickensis is newly recorded in Nova Scotia and Ontario. We suspect that this species is continuously distributed in northern Canada and Alaska. It has been found in red spruce ( P. rubens) forests; two specimens were collected on Amanita gemmata .